If we don’t flatten the curve, it could be very bad. Me and you might be fine, but anyone with a compromise, not so much.
I've been looking at things a little differently. I'm in very good health, but I'm supposedly in a higher risk group because of my age (I'm 60). I've heard, many times, that 80% of people have little or no symptoms of coronavirus, and apparently a vaccine, at best, is many months away. In addition, there seems to be a consensus that there's a high likelihood that medical facilities will be overwhelmed at some point. Looking at this from an individual perspective, it would probably be better for me to go ahead and get the virus early, before the medical facilities become overwhelmed. I know that sounds terrible, evil and not civic minded but, in the overall scheme of things, I don't have much incentive to dramatically change my habits. Avoidance may be counterproductive for me.
